Ercoupes - Ercoupe 01.jpg (1/1)

In article , Mitchell Holman
says...


I can remember when seeing these wasn't unusual...nowadays?...not so much.


Role
Light aircraft

National origin
United States

Manufacturer
Engineering and Research Corporation

Designer
Fred Weick

First flight
1937

Produced
1940–1969

Number built
5,685

Unit cost

US $2,665–9,295 (1941)
($46.3 thousand–162 thousand in 2019 dollars)

Variants
Alon X-A4 Aircoupe
Mooney M10 Cadet
Bryan Autoplane


Specifications (Ercoupe 415-C)

General characteristics
Crew: 1 or 2
Capacity: 0 or 1 pax
Length: 20 ft 9 in (6.32 m)
Wingspan: 30 ft 0 in (9.14 m)
Height: 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Wing area: 142.6 sq ft (13.25 m2)
Airfoil: NACA 43013[48]
Powerplant: 1 × Continental C75-12 4-cylinder air-cooled horizontally-opposed
piston engine, 75 hp (56 kW)
Propellers: 2-bladed variable-pitch propeller

Performance
Maximum speed: 110 mph (180 km/h, 96 kn)
Cruise speed: 95 mph (153 km/h, 83 kn)
Stall speed: 48 mph (77 km/h, 42 kn)
Never exceed speed: 144 mph (232 km/h, 125 kn)
Range: 300 mi (480 km, 260 nmi)
Service ceiling: 13,000 ft (4,000 m)
Rate of climb: 550 ft/min (2.8 m/s)
Wing loading: 8.83 lb/sq ft (43.1 kg/m2)


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Miloch wrote in
:

In article , Mitchell
Holman says...


I can remember when seeing these wasn't unusual...nowadays?...not so
much.


The one taking off with JATO bottles must
have been a heck of a ride.

And then there is the taildragger version
in here somewhere........




Role
Light aircraft

National origin
United States

Manufacturer
Engineering and Research Corporation

Designer
Fred Weick

First flight
1937

Produced
1940–1969

Number built
5,685

Unit cost

US $2,665–9,295 (1941)
($46.3 thousand–162 thousand in 2019 dollars)

Variants
Alon X-A4 Aircoupe
Mooney M10 Cadet
Bryan Autoplane


Specifications (Ercoupe 415-C)

General characteristics
Crew: 1 or 2
Capacity: 0 or 1 pax
Length: 20 ft 9 in (6.32 m)
Wingspan: 30 ft 0 in (9.14 m)
Height: 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Wing area: 142.6 sq ft (13.25 m2)
Airfoil: NACA 43013[48]
Powerplant: 1 × Continental C75-12 4-cylinder air-cooled
horizontally-opposed piston engine, 75 hp (56 kW)
Propellers: 2-bladed variable-pitch propeller

Performance
Maximum speed: 110 mph (180 km/h, 96 kn)
Cruise speed: 95 mph (153 km/h, 83 kn)
Stall speed: 48 mph (77 km/h, 42 kn)
Never exceed speed: 144 mph (232 km/h, 125 kn)
Range: 300 mi (480 km, 260 nmi)
Service ceiling: 13,000 ft (4,000 m)
Rate of climb: 550 ft/min (2.8 m/s)
Wing loading: 8.83 lb/sq ft (43.1 kg/m2)


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In article , Mitchell Holman
says...

Miloch wrote in
:

In article , Mitchell
Holman says...


I can remember when seeing these wasn't unusual...nowadays?...not so
much.


The one taking off with JATO bottles must
have been a heck of a ride.

And then there is the taildragger version
in here somewhere........


Found this interesting photo of Fred Weick's first design...and of course the
'twin'...sorta like the twin Mustang.



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Miloch wrote in
:

In article , Mitchell
Holman says...

Miloch wrote in
:

In article , Mitchell
Holman says...


I can remember when seeing these wasn't unusual...nowadays?...not so
much.


The one taking off with JATO bottles must
have been a heck of a ride.

And then there is the taildragger version
in here somewhere........


Found this interesting photo of Fred Weick's first design...and of
course the 'twin'...sorta like the twin Mustang.




I saw a pair of Bonanzas stitched
together like that once........

In article , Mitchell Holman
says...

Miloch wrote in
:

In article , Mitchell
Holman says...

Miloch wrote in
:

In article , Mitchell
Holman says...


I can remember when seeing these wasn't unusual...nowadays?...not so
much.


The one taking off with JATO bottles must
have been a heck of a ride.

And then there is the taildragger version
in here somewhere........


Found this interesting photo of Fred Weick's first design...and of
course the 'twin'...sorta like the twin Mustang.




I saw a pair of Bonanzas stitched
together like that once........


This is University Airport...somewhere around the time I was there learning to
fly...someone had a Ercoupe parked on the black ramp (left center)...the white
building showing attached to the left side of the ramp was unlocked in the
morning...left unattended all day...and someone came by at 5PM to lock the place
up...just a building with a couple couches, table, chairs, bathroom etc. No
tower...just a 'unicom' on a loop that broadcast barometric pressure and wind
direction. There was a hanger that shows as a white building going vertical to
the black ramp.



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